News and Updates
The Public Agrees: It’s Time to End the Hyde Amendment
For 43 years, the Hyde Amendment has operated the way its namesake, Congressman Henry Hyde, intended—creating a barrier to abortion care for people struggling financially. Congress has renewed this ban on Medicaid funding of abortion care every…
Polling: Majority of the Americans Support Medicaid Coverage of Abortion Services (2019)
New polling shows that a significant majority of the American electorate supports Medicaid coverage of abortion services; support in battleground congressional districts is even stronger This memo summarizes key findings from an online survey among…
Women with low incomes suffer with no abortion coverage
Over the past several months, we’ve witnessed anti-abortion politicians in states surrounding Florida and across the country enact a slew of anti-abortion laws aimed at limiting access to abortion for those who need it most. But what…
Austin Just Gave Texas Law the Finger and Voted to Fund Abortion Access
In a red state long hostile to abortion rights, this is believed to be a first-of-its-kind program for any U.S. city.
The Threat of a Post-Roe America Is Already Changing How Women Get Abortions
When lawmakers in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky passed legislation this year effectively ending all or most abortions in their states, it seemed to confirm what many Americans, pro-choice and anti-abortion alike, have long anticipated: The post-Roe era is coming.
